netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] xsk: proper AF

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Message-ID: <3259ea12-193f-ffdd-55ac-cbf2f0ef4e49@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:11:18 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>,
        ast@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, brouer@...hat.com
Cc:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com, magnus.karlsson@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] xsk: proper AF_XDP socket teardown ordering

On 10/05/2018 01:25 PM, Björn Töpel wrote:
> From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
> 
> The AF_XDP socket struct can exist in three different, implicit
> states: setup, bound and released. Setup is prior the socket has been
> bound to a device. Bound is when the socket is active for receive and
> send. Released is when the process/userspace side of the socket is
> released, but the sock object is still lingering, e.g. when there is a
> reference to the socket in an XSKMAP after process termination.
> 
> The Rx fast-path code uses the "dev" member of struct xdp_sock to
> check whether a socket is bound or relased, and the Tx code uses the
> struct xdp_umem "xsk_list" member in conjunction with "dev" to
> determine the state of a socket.
> 
> However, the transition from bound to released did not tear the socket
> down in correct order.
> 
> On the Rx side "dev" was cleared after synchronize_net() making the
> synchronization useless. On the Tx side, the internal queues were
> destroyed prior removing them from the "xsk_list".
> 
> This commit corrects the cleanup order, and by doing so
> xdp_del_sk_umem() can be simplified and one synchronize_net() can be
> removed.
> 
> Fixes: 965a99098443 ("xsk: add support for bind for Rx")
> Fixes: ac98d8aab61b ("xsk: wire upp Tx zero-copy functions")
> Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>

Applied to bpf-next, thanks Björn!